Stolen Horses. What action should you take? Is it worth having a plan?

Enfys

Enfys

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This is something we all dread happening, and I can only imagine how it feels. I guess we may all have some plan of action in our heads if, God forbid, it did happen, but what would you do? Who do you approach, after the Police and endless local calls? It doesn't matter how many security precautions we take, if someone wants a horse they come prepared to get it.

What precautions do you take?

Do you have ID pictures and descriptions readily to hand that can be sent out immediately?
Do you have contact numbers for sales Rings? Dealers? etc
Apart from on here who else is there on-line you can alert? Do you know?

Sadly, I would answer NO to all questions.
 
oh dont i DREAD this sssoooo much i wake up in cold sweats, for some weird reason i woke the other night and was nearly sick on my carpet (having had car nicked recently it makes you paranoid if youre reading this thinking its a bit extreme!!) there is alot you can do, freezemark, photo, use horsewatch, use friday ad (police dont care btw) contact all tack shops and dealers and yes i think i would be ready for it and take quite serious action to the detriment of probably losing my job whilst doing it all. now im putting that nasty thought out of my head............
 
Mine are all freezebranded and Mo is microchipped too. We have photos of them at every angle and at all times of the year - in their scruffs and at their best. We know there is only 1 regular sale near us and we have their contacts.
If mine were stolen, i'd be on to the police immediately and i'd join EVERY UK forum on the web.
We had someone try to break into our conservatory once - my dad caught them at it, but they legged it. Dad went after them while mum rang the police. She told the police they'd better send someone out NOW, because if my dad got to them first, they'd be dealing with a murder!! 2 police cars and a dog unti were at our house in minutes!! I would make it known the police that if i found out who'd taken my horse(s), i wouldnt hesitate about taking the law into my own hands (or my male relatives' hands!) if they failed to act!
 
You should join your local HorseWatch. Our local one is only £5.00 per year and every horse has its description kept on the data base. The HorseWatch committee has good contacts with the Police and has a system in place to swing into action.

Apart from that, you could ask the local Crime police to come and have a look round and give some advice. Freezebranding of course is probably the best anti theft measure.
 
I live at the end of a dead-end road, and up a very long private driveway which leads to my house. All of my pasture field entrances are beyond my house so if anyone wanted to steal mine they'd have to go past my house to do so.

All of my horses are registered and I have their papers so they would be easy to identify ownership.

It is beyond imagination that any horse could be stolen from my property because of our location. I have big dogs who would not let anyone arrive unannounced and to be honest the big black shepherd would scare the pants off them!

I very rarely leave the farm so they'd have to get past me too - no mean feat!
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I know an awful lot of people in this area and within the horsey-world here and would call each and every one. I am on friendly terms with the dealers (even the unscrupulous ones) and I know pretty much all of the auctioneers around here, so the word would be put out to them first and foremost.

I live in an incredibly safe area where nothing bad goes on - horse theft is probably somewhere down the bottom of the list to be honest.
 
George is freezemarked and I have pictures of him from all angles and close ups (but of course no winter piccs yet) and I keep them in the folder with all the freezemark stuff. I would get onto the police, farmkey and horsewatch and my local contacts at the local papers.
 
I have summer and winter photos of all of ours. They are microchipped / freeze marked.
You would have to come up a gravel drive to get to us as well, past CCTV and through locked full height gates.
If you made it that far you would then have to get past 2 dobermans who live on the yard, and are quite partial to eating strangers.
 
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